The downtown Tulsa Inner Dispersal Loop (IDL) project includes the resurface and rehabilitation of 44 bridges on the north and west legs IDL. At $67.6 million, the project is the largest single contract ever let by ODOT.

The Illinois River Bridge on State Highway 59 project included north bound and the south bound U.S. 59 bridges over the Illinois River replacements for one narrow and old steel structure bridge built in the early twentieth century. The traffic had reached a point that was above the design capacity of the old bridge in …

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The replacement of the existing Connors Bridge (consisting of multiple timber-decked steel through-trusses) with the County Road NS 469 over the Neosho River, near Fairland, Oklahoma, was accelerated in 2009 as necessitated by heavy flooding in the river basin. A local landmark and popular fishing location, the closure of the bridge was detrimental to rural …

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Future widening of US-70 (East-West) for the WFEC Railroad Bridge Over U.S 70 required the removal of Western Farmer & Electric Company’s North Railroad Bridge Span (60-foot thru-plate girder) and replacement with a 130-foot thru-plate girder span (including precast concrete ballast decking and new north abutment). Removal of the existing 60-foot span was made in …

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The Tisdale/Apache Interchange project is located north of downtown Tulsa on the Tisdale Expressway over Apache Street. The bridge project includes two-218 foot-long, 40-foot-wide bridges. These bridges include 2,608 linear feet of type IV precast concrete beams, 473 cubic yards of class AA concrete, 1,032 cubic yards of class A concrete, 1,255 cubic yards of …

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